sharp
IPA: ʃˈɑrp
noun
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (slang, dated) An expert.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
- A surname.
- A Japanese and Taiwanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronic products, headquartered in Sakai, Japan.
- An unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri, United States.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”) [(colloquial) An alert person.]
- Acronym of skinhead against racial prejudice.
verb
- (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
- To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
- (transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.
adjective
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having an intense, acrid flavour.
- Sudden and intense.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
- (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
- (obsolete) Hungry.
adverb
- To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
- (not comparable) Exactly.
- (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
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Examples of "sharp" in Sentences
- The man has a sharp insight.
- The sharp end excoriated the cloth.
- The sharp teeth was rarefied with stone.
- Something raked me with the sharp thing.
- The sound of chops is sharp and percussive.
- It has a piquant, but not very sharp taste.
- She was uncharacteristically sharp with him.
- The sharp teeth of the animal is raptorical.
- Poke them with a sharp stick if they remonstrate
- Forewarned, Sharpe is able to thwart the turncoat.
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